Are prisons obsolete? / Angela Y. Davis.

Amid rising public concern about the proliferation and privatization of prisons, and their promise of enormous profits, world-renowned author and activist Angela Y. Davis argues for the abolition of the prison system as the dominant way of responding to America's social ills. "In thinking...

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Main Author: Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Seven Stories Press, [2003]
Series:Open Media book.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Prison reform or prison abolition?
  • Slavery, civil rights, and abolitionist perspectives toward prison
  • Imprisonment and reform
  • How gender structures the prison system
  • Prison industrial complex
  • Abolitionist alternatives
  • Resources
  • Notes
  • About the author.